Math CAMPPP 2012 Breakout Session 3 Gr. 9-12 1 <Welcome participants.> 1

Session Goals Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and explore: the cognitive processes, and how they impact students with learning disabilities strategies to increase success for students with learning disabilities (e.g. creating foldables)

Simulation 1 – Normal Addition Table 4230 + 3423 4322 + 2540

Simulation 1 – Normal Addition Table 4230 + 3423 4322 + 2540 22 24 238 7653 6862 Answers:

Simulation 1 – New Addition Table 4230 + 3423 4322 + 2540

Simulation 1 – New Addition Table 4230 + 3423 12053 4322 + 2540 11302

Simulation 2

Table Discussion Where are the students with learning disabilities in your school (i.e. in which courses)? What are some of the ways your math department/school/Board currently supports students with learning disabilities that you think are effective?

F.A.T. City Workshops Reading Comprehension – Vocabulary Reading and Decoding – p b d q What tips would you give secondary math teachers to help them better meet the needs of students with these types of learning disabilities? F.A.T. City Workshops (Frustration, Anxiety, Tension), Rick Lavoie, 1989.

Think-Pair-Share Think of a specific student you have encountered who has a learning disability and finds learning particularly challenging. Which of the cognitive processes pose challenges for this student? How did that manifest itself in your classroom?

TIPS Lessons Choose a TIPS lesson from the samples provided. Review the lesson to familiarize yourself with the content and tasks. Review it again with the cognitive processes in mind, then: suggest modifications to better meet needs of students with learning disabilities note modifications already in place

Sample TIPS Lessons Choose one of the following lessons: Gr. 9 Applied - Proportions Gr. 10 Applied - Trigonometry Gr. 11 Workplace - Probability Gr. 11 Functions and Applications - Finance Gr. 12 Advanced Functions - Rational Functions

Dinah Zike’s Teaching Mathematics with Foldables “Foldables result in student-made study guides that are compiled as students listen for main ideas, read for main ideas, and work their way through new concepts and procedures.”

Create a “Foldable” Select a template from the samples of “foldables” given. Create a “foldable” related to your TIPS lesson to support students with learning disabilities.

Three-Tab Book Fold a sheet of paper like a hot dog. With the paper horizontal, and the fold of the hot dog up, fold the right side toward the center, trying to cover one half of the paper. Fold the left side over the right side to make a book with three folds. Open the folded book. Cut up the two valleys on the top side only. This will form three tabs. Use this book for data occurring in threes.

Gallery Walk Take a few minutes to look at the foldables created. How might foldables help students with learning disabilities?

http://mathnmind.com/PDF%20Files/Pre-Algebra/dzf.pdf

http://ispeakmath.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/all-about-slope-foldable/#

Exit Card It is September, and you are working with a new teacher on lesson planning. Because of Math Camp, you have become more aware of the cognitive processes, and how they impact students with learning disabilities. What 2 or 3 pieces of advice could you give to help the teacher plan lessons to better meet the needs of these students?